Catriona Gray

London

Editor, Writer and Journalist at Freelance

Author and journalist, born in Ireland, based in the UK. The Spirit Snatcher out now - Blackwell’s Children’s Book of the Month, October 2023.

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Peel Ports Group appoints five Irish firms in major infrastructure deal

2 days ago | irishpost.com | Catriona Gray

PEEL Ports Group, the UK’s second-largest port operator, has appointed 18 contractors to deliver infrastructure works across its UK and Irish port portfolio for up to eight years — with five Irish or Irish-linked companies making the cut.
Patient:Soldier - NHS drama narrated by Grim Reaper comes to the West End

2 weeks ago | irishpost.com | Catriona Gray

IN March 2020 an Irishman living in Lewisham wrote a blog about his personal battle with a familiar foe, namely the Grim Reaper. Little did Barra Fitzgibbon know that his blog, five years later, was to become a play and receive its West End debut in London this coming April. An often funny tale of survival and a love letter to the NHS, Patient:Soldier uncovers the true story of one man’s will to live and how the power of positive communication can help to fight and deal with trauma.
A wake, a homecoming, a reckoning

3 weeks ago | irishpost.com | Catriona Gray

UK premiere: Martin Beanz Warde’s acclaimed play The Dead House exploring Traveller identity is set for the Irish Cultural Centre in Hammersmith, London this weekFOLLOWING a sold-out national tour across Ireland, the Irish Cultural Centre in Hammersmith presents the UK premiere of The Dead House, the powerful debut play written and performed by Martin Beanz Warde from Ireland’s Traveller community.
New essay collection explores the emotional resonance of film

3 weeks ago | irishpost.com | Catriona Gray

FILM lovers and literary enthusiasts alike will find much to celebrate in In the Good Seats: Essays on Film, an evocative new collection published by PVA Books on February 26, 2025. Featuring a stellar line-up of contemporary writers, the book delves into the powerful and deeply personal ways cinema has shaped lives, emotions, and memories.
How not to decorate your house when you're having a baby

1 month ago | houseandgarden.co.uk | Catriona Gray

Before moving into my house, I knew nothing about baby-proofing, or even children, for that matter. I didn’t know if I would have any, so my husband and I happily acquired a two-bedroom folly, complete with a pond and a large amount of poisonous yew hedging. It was heart-rendingly beautiful and wildly impractical.
Manchester one-day Irish studies event

1 month ago | irishpost.com | Catriona Gray

MANCHESTER'S National Irish Studies Conference is to be opened by the High Sheriff of Manchester, Eamonn O’Neal OBE. He will welcome speakers and delegates from Ireland and the UK to this year’s National Irish Studies Conference in Manchester. Eamonn was awarded an OBE in the New Year’s Honours for his charitable services. He is only the second Irish person to hold the High Sheriff of Manchester, following Mary Liz Walker, who served as High Sheriff in 2023.
Patrick still popular, but Jack and Sophie are top baby names

1 month ago | irishpost.com | Catriona Gray

Rían and Éabha make their mark, Patrick holds on to respectable placing but Mary and Brigid stay out of top 100IRELAND’S Central Statistics Office (CSO) has released its list of top names for babies born in 2024. The top five names for girls last year were Sophie, Éabha, Grace, Emily and Fiadh. Sophie replaced 2023's top choice of Grace, which dropped to third.
Top of the pots - the new house plant trends for 2025

2 months ago | houseandgarden.co.uk | Catriona Gray

A collection of geraniums in the Cotswold home of architect Renshaw Hiscox and his writer wife SarahPaul MasseyHouseplants, like anything else, go in and out of fashion. For many years, orchids were the firm favourites, enlivening many an interior with their sculptural blooms. Then there was a time, peaking towards the end of the 2010s, when retro houseplants seemed to be sprouting up everywhere you looked.
‘It can take three days to paint one leaf’: The extraordinary, painstaking lives of Chelsea Physic Garden’s Florilegium Society artists

2 months ago | countrylife.co.uk | Catriona Gray

Tucked away down a side street near the Embankment, surrounded by a high brick wall, lies one of London’s hidden treasures. Since 1673, the Chelsea Physic Garden (below) has been home to an array of specimen plants, prized for their medicinal and useful qualities and carefully tended to provide a resource for study, learning and enjoyment.
Coke Zero Ambassadors Catriona Gray and David Guison, Host Baileys Acot, and the Coca-Cola Philippines Team at the #CokeZeroExcuses2025 BGC event happened last January 18, 2025.

Jan 18, 2025 | seraphimsnotes.blogspot.com | Catriona Gray

#CokeZeroExcuses2025 BGC event last January 18, 2025. Last January 18, Saturday, Catriona Gray shared inspiring tips on how she is owning her self-care goals for 2025. “Sometimes the new year can be a bit overwhelming at first when setting new goals and resolutions, so that’s where self-care comes into the picture. Me, I love my alone time and doing things with the people that I love. When I feel a little burned out, I fill my cup by doing the things that I love.

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Cat Gray @_catgray

12 Jun 24

I was lucky enough to read an early copy of @ClareFPovey 's new book The Wanderdays and it's so good! Highly recommended!

Usborne Publishing @Usborne

Are you brave enough to join the Wanderdays in their first thrilling adventure? 🐠 The first book in a new series from @ClareFPovey. An exciting watery adventure packed with brilliant baddies, bravery, friendship and real passion for protecting the natural world. OUT TODAY! 🐟 https://t.co/1VqnDOK1GS

Cat Gray @_catgray

24 May 24

The audio book of The Spirit Snatcher is currently half price - see below!